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Table 2 Overall seropositivity for IgG Plasmodium falciparum antibodies in Surinamese and Brazilian participants in Suriname

From: Malaria serology data from the Guiana shield: first insight in IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium malariae antigens in Suriname

 

Surinamese participantsa (%)

Brazilian participantsb(%)

P value c

P. falciparum seropositivity d

90.7

64.6

<0.001

AMA-1

72.1

52.3

<0.05

PfMSP-119

66.3

60.0

0.427

GLURP

62.8

41.5

<0.05

CSP

22.1

24.6

0.716

LSA

38.4

16.9

<0.05

  1. aSurinamese participants from the Stoelmanseiland area (n = 86)
  2. bBrazilian participants from the Benzdorp region (n = 65)
  3. cp-values for differences in seropositivity between Surinamese and Brazilian participants
  4. dDetection of at least one of the five investigated P. falciparum IgG antibodies
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